Association President Todd Guice, principal at Ouachita, is hopeful that will be the case, at least for some of the major details still open for debate, as the Executive Committee begins its annual summer meeting Wednesday afternoon.

The Executive Committee will hear Wednesday from the School Relations Committee a series of suggestions on the week's largest issue and then revisit them Thursday afternoon, including potentially playing five select playoff brackets instead of the two initially prescribed.

"I expect that we'll vote on their recommendations Thursday," Guice said. "I don't think we're going to defer anything — at least not on the two biggest things, which are the number of classes or select divisions, and the second thing is actually identifying the Type 4 and Type 5 Charter Schools and making sure which are able to select their enrollment and which do not."

The LHSAA will move forward with the decision for the 2013 season, Guice said, with prominent members on both sides citing the importance of honoring that vote, but several potential tweaks to the format and other related issues, such as school classification and athlete eligibility, remain, with those pieces beginning to fall into place this week.

"The intent of the rule or the proposal was to separate the two in the playoffs," Guice said. "(Author Principal Jane Griffin of Winnfield) did not and does not have an issue, as I understand it, with us deciding the format for the select schools, and that's what we're talking about."

The School Relations Committee, chaired by Teurlings Catholic Principal Mike Boyer, determined a list of "11 points" at one such meeting in April, revisited that list Tuesday afternoon and will do so further Wednesday morning before presenting those suggestions to the Executive Committee at about 1:45 p.m. Wednesday, according to the agenda.

Not much changed regarding those suggestions during Tuesday's discussion, Boyer said.

The School Relations Committee will recommend five select playoff brackets to match the five nonselect and answer concerns of schools with vast differences in enrollment and roster sizes competing against one another for championships.

"While it is not the best scenario as far as making a bracket, we figured two divisions was not in the best interest of the association," Boyer said. "And then the second point we've said needed immediate attention was to review the charter schools … (Executive Director) Kenny Henderson has acquired copies of their charters to see who has open attendance and who has the ability to select."

The School Relations Committee also planned, as of Tuesday afternoon, to suggest the LHSAA view each school's attendance zone as its parish, as is already the case in some areas.

"A lot of the other points are contingent on that," Boyer said.

The bulk of the other recommendations would address eligibility and transfer rules in hopes of easing the tension that sparked the push for the divide in the first place.

Guice expressed confidence in the School Relations Committee and said he hopes this week's Executive Committee meeting and potential future deferment to the membership as a whole can make the remaining necessary decisions without the need for a specially called meeting.

The potential for legislative or legal action caused concern this spring for LHSAA officials, who hoped to handle the issue without any outside intervention.

Much of that threat appears to have subsided with the legislative session ending this week and Guice not yet having heard of any specific legal action underway.

"We're just going to go forward with whatever we decide this week and see what happens," Guice said. "If something else comes up, then we'll deal with that then."

The Executive Committee will address a variety of other agenda items during this week's three-day meeting, most notably the determination of two-year host sites for several sports, a legislative update and a look at some other appeals and rules changes.

Henderson will make his recommendation for a new assistant executive director Wednesday in the first of two notable personnel moves.

The Executive Committee will also vote on a vice president following Terrebonne Principal Graham Douglas' promotion to a supervisor position in his parish.